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Voltus is seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel to lead legal strategy and execution across energy storage and distributed energy resource transactions. This is a fully remote role based in the United States.
You will serve as a senior legal advisor on battery energy storage system (BESS) contracts, power purchase agreements (PPAs), tolling agreements, interconnection agreements, and other energy storage transactions. You'll work closely with commercial, engineering, finance, sales, and partnership teams to structure, negotiate, and close complex deals while managing legal risk and supporting commercial objectives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and interpreting energy and commercial contracts across multiple deal types (BESS, PPAs, tolling, interconnection, equipment supply, decommissioning)
- Advising on regulatory and market-specific issues affecting energy storage and demand response across ISO/RTO markets (PJM, ERCOT, MISO, NYISO), including FERC Order Nos. 841 and 2222
- Providing substantive guidance on energy regulatory matters, IP, data privacy, and labor/employment law
- Developing and maintaining template agreements, playbooks, training materials, and operational guidance
- Mentoring junior legal team members on contract negotiation and energy industry matters
- Collaborating across sales operations, product, finance, marketing, field operations, regulatory, and engineering teams
- Ensuring compliance with contractual commitments and providing solutions-oriented advice for operational issues
- Defining and implementing best practices to scale the legal department
- Managing ad-hoc legal matters as needed
Requirements:
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school with strong academic credentials
- Minimum 7–10 years of relevant legal experience, including significant energy industry experience (required)
- Direct experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating BESS contracts and related transactions (required)
- Extensive experience with complex commercial agreements, particularly energy storage, PPAs, tolling agreements, strategic partnerships, and product agreements
- Working knowledge of U.S. energy markets, ISO/RTO structures, and regulatory frameworks for distributed energy resources and energy storage
- Strong problem-solving, innovation, and collaboration skills with business acumen
- Ability to independently manage diverse, complex workload while maintaining priorities and anticipating issues
- Excellent drafting skills and attention to detail
- Ability to perform quickly in dynamic, fast-paced environment and multitask effectively
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with behind-the-meter or C&I-sited storage
- Experience with storage participating in demand response or wholesale capacity/ancillary services markets
- Familiarity with Google Drive, Salesforce, Adobe PDF, Ironclad, and DocuSign
